Cover Art: James Deeb Front: The Invention of Pain,
1994, Painting, 72’’x 45’’, oil on canvas Back: Day Jobs of the Gods,
Painting, 1997, 45’’x 95’’, oil on canvas and wood
POETRY
Jim Daniels—Corral | Flight Among the Olives
David Zauhar—October
Chris Weidenbach—Recipe for Sleep, Addendum
Susan Landgraf—Hearing My Father Died
Erica Pedersen—How She Goes to Work | Meredith
Mark Jarman—Unholy Sonnet | Unholy Sonnet
Deborah Cummins—To Get a Closer Look
Todd Fuller—the Usual
Philip Levine—Givers and Takers | Dutch Treat
Malena Morling—On the 747 | Like Tile | You Look Outside
Charles H. Webb—Magritte’s le Viol | A Girl’s Best Friend
Leonore Wilson—Listening to Martinu
Todd Robert Petersen—Ode to the Incredible Hulk | Ode to the Human Torch
Ian Brand—Zoning Proposal Faxed Via the Imagination, Then Cancelled
Peter Johnson—Scotland
Leslie Williams—Ephesus
Nance Van Winckel—Of No Matter | The Tongue
Willaim Coleman—Notes From a Marriage | Translation
Allison Eir Jenks—Painting the Dead
Betsy Sholl—Stray Horn | Sister
Myrna Stone—What the Season Spares
Edward Bartok-Baratta—Any Moment
Kristin Kovacic—First Language
Nick Flynn—Gospel
NONFICTION
Bryan Charles—the Future is Never
FICTION
Dallas Wiebe—Trivia | Wrestling Skyblue
Bonnie Jo Campbell—Gorilla Girl
Holly Clark—The Blind Tailor
Kelly Simon—Excerpts from Falsies
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Hometown Brew Ellen Akins Reviewed by Heidi Bell
Within the Lighted City Lisa Lenzo Reviewed by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Memories of My Father Watching TV Curtis White Reviewed by Matt Dube
Dra— Stacy Levine Reviewed by Kristy Eldredge
A Blessing on the Moon Joseph Skibell Reviewed by Kurt R. Haenicke
The Boy Naeem Murr Reviewed by Azlan Ibrahim
White Boys Reginald McKnight Reviewed by Lisa Lenzo
Gallagher’s Travels Jean McGarry Reviewed by Liesel Litzenburger
Leonardo’s Horse R.M. Berry Reviewed by Michael Recchia
Out West Fred G. Leebron Reviewed by Peter Walpole
The Emigrants W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse Reviewed by Diether H. Haenicke
Managing Editor: Kathleen McGookey
Business Manager: Michele McLaughlin
Fiction Editors: Darrin Doyle and Janice Robertson
Poetry Editors: Scott Bade and Tony Spicer
